Get Lucky

Chinese New Year is approaching, and businesses, restaurants, and residents all over Chinatown are getting ready by putting up red lanterns, good luck girls and boys, and other festive decorations. I stopped into a little shop on Mott Street, Good Field Trading Co., to have a look at the banners and charms while running some errands in the neighborhood. I found myself surrounded by a delightfully garish sea of gold and red trinkets.

To get in the spirit, my roommate and I put up our own decorations around the apartment.